Hi Eliot, The ? operator makes it a lazy match (first best match) instead of a greedy match (longest possible match). Without the ? operator the expression is greedy and will match a lot more content than expected. You can use either (.|\n)*? or .*? with "dot matches all", but in either case the ? operator is the one that limits the search to the first best match. Regards, Adrian Adrian Buza oXygen XML Editor and Author Support Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202 Fax: +40-251-461482 support@oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com On 11.01.2014 23:24, Eliot Kimber wrote:
That works. But here's another question: why is the outer group with the ? operator required? I tried just (.|\n)*, which should match anything between my start and end strings, but it does not, where ((.|\n)*?) does.
Thanks,
E.
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